Honor, an independent Huawei subsidiary, is well-known and well-loved for offering high-end specs, higher than Xiaomi's, at lower prices. In some cases, it almost rivals its parent by putting almost the same specs and features as, say, a P or Mate series into a more affordable package with only a...

Android 9 Pie out of the box; Bright display with small notch; Long battery life

Slow Micro USB charging; Aggressive memory management; Oversaturated photos; Tinny mono speaker

When it comes to something you'll use every day like a phone, cheap and cheerful will only get you so far. The Honor 10 Lite looks the part and can take a decent enough snap for the price, but eventually its quirks will turn into irks. Performance is mediocre, the plastic build is a reminder of how much you paid for it every time you slip it out of your pocket, and the software just won't leave you alone. Backwards steps like microUSB charging are disappointing in 2019, too. When the Moto G6 Plus costs only £10 more, the Honor 10 Lite is a tough sell. A neat-looking notch and skinny screen bezels just aren't worth the software headaches that come with it.

Styling looks the part; Skinny screen bezels and subtle notch; Affordable price;

App and game performance not up to snuff; Software too intrusive; Plastic build feels cheap;

Styling looks the part; Skinny screen bezels and subtle notch; Affordable price;

App and game performance not up to snuff; Software too intrusive; Plastic build feels cheap;

The cemented itself as one of the best phones around the £400 price bracket, now the Honor 10 Lite is here to take ever that made its namesake so appealing and distil it down into a device that costs half as much.

Attractive design for the price; Decent battery life; Included case; Feature rich

Heavy skinned software missing key features; Poor gaming performance (pre-GPU Turbo 2.0 update; Prone to fingerprints; Plastic build

The Honor 10 Lite's spec-sheet indicates the smartphone is certainly no slouch, but is it worth your hard-earned money

Nearly borderless display; Handles gaming and other heavy tasks with ease; Above average camera

Short battery life; Plastic build; No gorilla glass protection

The Honor 10 Lite, the latest budget smartphone from the Huawei sub-brand, makes a bad first impression. It's plagued by spam notifications, tied down with aggressive battery management settings, and puts its face recognition software front and center despite that feature clearly not being ready for...

Minimal notch; Big colorful screen; That headphone jack

Shoddy Bluetooth performance; Aggressive battery-saving options; Micro USB

In our test, the Honor 10 Lite presents itself as a well-performing mid-range smartphone with a good selfie camera. The system performance is more than sufficient for most everyday applications and offers sufficient reserves for current games.

good system performance; current Android Pie; thin bezels

no USB Type-C connection; slow WLAN; performance is throttled under heavy load; mediocre battery life; only few frequency bands supported for GSM and UMTS

With 2019 underway, the bridge between flagship smartphones and more affordable options are expected to narrow down significantly. This year, we will see what were once considered as flagship features will now suit everyone's pockets and give you value for money features that were inadmissible in...

It might not have the same silky stock Android-feel of the Motorola Moto G6 nor the same camera performance or include a more modern USB-C port, but the Honor 10 Lite is great in other areas.

Impressive performance; Stunning design; Fast rear-mounted fingerprint sensor

Opts for microUSB over USB-C; Doesn't match the Moto G6's camera performance; Design attracts fingerprints

India's budget smartphone segment is the most active and decisive one right now, with a plethora of phone makers trying to dethrone Xiaomi and seize the pole position. Well, the Chinese giants are cluttering the market with new and updated smartphones every couple of months.